Publish Date: 24 June 2019 - 08:49

TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) successfully spudded 28 oil and gas wells over the first three months of the current calendar year, which began on March 21.

The deputy managing director of NIDC, Mohammad Ale Khamis, said 13 of the wells were development/appraisal wells and the rest were workovers, according to Shana.

He also stated that 19 of the wells were in the fields operated by the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), 2 were ordered by the Central Iranian Oil Fields Company, two by the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, two by the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), and 3 were spudded in the form of projects.

During the three months, 36,960 meters of wells were drilled, he added, saying that 14 NIDC rigs were currently operating in the country.

MNA/SHANA